The Wind Through the Keyhole, pages 246-264 Summary

Waking later, Tim questions the tyger about how long it was caged, but it pushes the brown bottle towards Tim and opens its mouth. Hesitating at first for fear of poisoning the creature, Tim drops the liquid into the tyger's mouth, causing its skin to ripple and its head to grow into a conical hat, leaving Maerlyn of the Eld standing before Tim. Tim kneels, but Maerlyn orders him to rise and cap the bottle as he will need the remainder for Nell's eyes. Maerlyn praises Tim's bravery and insists that Tim deserves to be rewarded for freeing him from the shape that he has been trapped in for many years, explaining that the Red King trapped him in the tiger's form and will punish the Covenant Man for sending Tim...